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Nikkei Asia
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Through the Lens: Thai-Cambodian border dispute and floods in China
Through the Lens: Thai-Cambodian border dispute and floods in China The Thai government's decision to close all land borders with Cambodia has cast a shadow over an estimated 1.2 million Cambodian migrant workers - and the Thai economy. Cambodians carrying their belongings prepare to cross the border to Cambodia during a temporary opening that enabled stranded Thais to come the other way. The Ban Khlong Luk border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, and other crossing points was closed by the Thai military following a border spat. This was presented by the Thai army as part of a broader crackdown on multiple transnational scam centers operating along the border. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrait/EPA/Jiji) Cambodians queuing at Ban Khlong Luek, a border checkpoint in eastern Thailand's Sa Kaeo province. The Thai military closed all border crossings into Cambodia to virtually everyone, including tourists and traders. (Photo by Gobthanadesh Toraksa/Reuters) A fleeing Cambodian hauls his possessions toward the border at Aranyaprathet during a temporary reopening on June 24 for Cambodians to leave and Thais to return home. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji) Thai police officers check the documents of departing Cambodians during a temporary reopening of the Ban Khlong Luk border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, Thailand, on June 24. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji) A royalist activist holds a placard that reads "Thai government with Khmer heart Get Out" during an anti-government protest, following a leak of a phone call between Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia's Hun Sen near the Government House, in Bangkok on June 19. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, foreground, delivers a speech in front of his troop during his visit to Preah Vihear, near Cambodia-Thailand border in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on June 23. (Photo by AKP/AP) Nationalist protesters march through Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, on June 18. (Photo by Kyodo) Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference on June 19 following the leak of a private phone call between her and Hun Sen, Cambodia's senate president and former prime minister. (Photo by Panumas Sanguanwong/Reuters) Thailand's Suranaree Task Force personnel stand guard at Morakot Operations Base in Ubon Rathchathani province during a visit by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Photo by Government House of Thailand/Reuters) Thai police officers talk to people near a border checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia, in Sa Kaeo province on June 24. (Photo by Royal Thai Army/AP) Cambodians prepare to cross the border at the Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji) Cambodians wave travel documents at the Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji) Thai paramilitary personnel at Ban Khlong Luek checkpoint 0n June 24 during the Thailand-Cambodia border closure. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji) Severe flooding in China's southwestern province of Guizhou has forced more than 80,000 people out of their homes, Beijing's state media reported on June 25. Flooded buildings in Rongjiang in China's Guizhou province on June 24. (Photo by AFP/Jiji) Residents clear away mud after a flood in Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on June 25. (Photo by CNS/Reuters) A debris-strewn street after floodwaters receded in Rongjiang county on June 25. (Photo by CNS/Reuters) Rescue workers evacuate a resident from a flood-affected area in Rongjiang county on June 24. (Photo by China Daily/Reuters) People gather their belongings in a flood-affected area in Congjiang on June 25. (Photo by STR/AFP/Jiji)
UPI
3 days ago
- Politics
- UPI
Thailand closes Cambodian border over scams, escalating border dispute
Thai soldiers and security officers stand guard on Tuesday at the closed border gate during a temporary reopening of the border to allow stranded Cambodians and Thais to return home following the border closure at the Ban Klong Luk checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province. Photo By Rungroj Yongrit/EPA June 24 (UPI) -- Thailand closed its border to nearly all travelers to Cambodia as diplomatic tensions rise over a territory dispute between the two neighboring south Asian nations. On Monday, the Thai military closed off its border crossing into Cambodia to almost all vehicles and people in both countries across seven of it 76 provinces, including to international tourists and traders. Bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand have soured to its worst point in years after a brief fire exchange in May between military troops of both nations in a contested border area, which left one Cambodian soldier dead. It led to the ongoing back-and-forth and a reported rising sense of nationalism on both sides, which has seen Cambodia ban Thai media, including films and television, Thailand's Internet bandwidth cut and an import suspension of fruit, vegetable, gas and fuel. In addition, visa statuses were shortened by both governments as Thailand increased border restrictions. The issue stems back more than a century, when borders were drawn up after France's occupation of Cambodia. The new retaliatory measure covers the Thai provinces of Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Buriram, Sri Sa Ket, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi and Trat. According to statements by the Thai army and navy, the new travel restrictions "matched the current security situation" and also will aid in countering illicit or scam activities. Human rights groups and United Nations experts have pointed to Cambodia as a global hotbed for illegal scam activity with some human-trafficking victims forced into criminal syndicates or held at scam centers in neighboring Myanmar. Meanwhile, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra says travel exemptions will only be accepted in certain cases like medical or educational reasons. Paetongtarn, 38, vowed Monday that her government would crack down on rampant Cambodian-run scams, which included the Internet suspension utilized by Cambodia's security agencies. It arrives as the prime minister is facing backlash and calls to resign after a leaked telephone call with Cambodia's strongman ex-ruler Hun Sen, 72, prompted public fury. Paetongtarn, the daughter of Thailand's ex-populist Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who sat in the role from 2001-2006, was heard calling her father's old friend "uncle," and openly criticized a Thai military leader saying he "just wanted to look tough," adding how if he wanted anything that she would "take care of it."
Wall Street Journal
30-03-2025
- Science
- Wall Street Journal
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Exceeds 2,000
Early modeling from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the number of earthquake deaths in Myanmar's heartlands could rise above 10,000. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/Shutterstock
Wall Street Journal
29-03-2025
- Science
- Wall Street Journal
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Exceeds 1,600
Preliminary modeling from the U.S. Geological Survey suggested that the number of deaths in central Myanmar could exceed 10,000 or even 100,000. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/Shutterstock
